Publication

Application

Priority

JP 9904043 W 19990728

JP 21463598 A 19980729

JP 23543898 A 19980821

Abstract (en)

The present invention provides a novel compound which is effective for the removal of a wide variety of weeds including difficult-to-control weeds emerging in paddy field and which is safe to mammals; a process for production thereof; a herbicide containing the compound as an active ingredient; and novel raw material compounds used in said process. The present invention relates to a di- or trifluoromethanesulfonyl anilide derivative represented by the following general formula: <CHEM> (wherein R<1> is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxyalkyl group; and R<2> is a hydrogen atom when R<1> is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom when R<1> is an alkoxyalkyl group), or a salt thereof, both of said derivative and said salt having a herbicidal activity.